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dev·o·lu·tion

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  1. A passing down or descent through successive stages of time or a process.
  2. Transference, as of rights or qualities, to a successor.
  3. Delegation of authority or duties to a subordinate or substitute.
  4. A transfer of powers from a central government to local units.
  5. Biology. Degeneration.

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The devolution revolution regards American federal policies that devolved funding and powers to the State levels. This was for the most a part a politically conservative policy under the greater context of State versus Federal powers and who decides the disbursement of funding.

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In an effort to defuse these separatist movements and to accommodate politically or culturally diverse peoples within their own borders, several European governments have moved in the direction of regional recognition and devolution of political control.

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Devolution refers to the delegation of powers to the lower levels. This is what the central government does to local administrations.

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